{"id":2571624,"date":"2026-02-19T19:16:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T00:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-asks-supreme-court-not-to-block-new-congressional-map\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T19:19:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T00:19:49","slug":"new-york-asks-supreme-court-not-to-block-new-congressional-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-asks-supreme-court-not-to-block-new-congressional-map\/","title":{"rendered":"New York asks Supreme Court not to block new congressional map"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-york-asks-supreme-court-not-to-block-new-congressional-map%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2571624&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>New york officials asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block a state-court order that would redraw the state\u2019s 11th Congressional District before the 2026 elections, which includes New York City\u2019s onyl GOP-held seat. Rep. Nicole Malliotakis and other Republicans filed an emergency petition seeking a stay, arguing the map redraw could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rubio-on-voting-rights-legislation-push-dems-want-election-chaos-to-ensure-victories\/\" title=\"Rubio on Voting Rights Legislation Push: Dems Want &#039;Election Chaos&#039; to Ensure Victories\">create election chaos<\/a> and perhaps shift the seat to Democrats by altering Staten island\u2019s district. New york Solicitor General Barbara Underwood urged the Supreme Court to deny the petition, stating the issue is a matter for New York\u2019s courts and not federal intervention, and that there is time for appellate review under state law. The petition asserts urgency due to upcoming election deadlines, while the state says the state courts should resolve the map&#8217;s legality without federal involvement. The article also notes the Court has recently allowed other states to use new maps for upcoming elections in similar emergency scenarios.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">New York asks Supreme Court not to block new congressional map<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2500904\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>New York officials urged the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\">Supreme Court<\/a> on Thursday to reject the GOP&rsquo;s petition seeking to maintain New York City&rsquo;s lone GOP-held House seat to its current boundaries for the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2026-election\/\">2026 election<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) and other New York Republican officials filed an emergency petition to the Supreme Court <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4457201\/new-york-republicans-appeal-maps-supreme-court\/\">last week asking<\/a> for the justices to halt a state court&rsquo;s ruling that ordered the Empire State&rsquo;s 11th Congressional District to be redrawn ahead of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2026-election\/\">midterm elections<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-court-deals-major-blow-to-big-tech-and-sets-up-scotus-to-restore-free-speech\/\" title=\"Federal ... Deals Major Blow To Big Tech And Sets Up SCOTUS To Restore Free Speech\">state court held<\/a> that the current boundaries unlawfully dilute the power of minority voters, and that ruling called for a redraw that could net Democrats the GOP-held Staten Island seat.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4460776\/supreme-court-updates-rules-conflicts-justices\/\">Supreme Court updates rules to help find &#8216;potential conflicts for the justices&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4457201\/new-york-republicans-appeal-maps-supreme-court\/\">New York GOP appeals new congressional map directly to Supreme Court<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>New York Solicitor General Barbara Underwood filed a brief with the high court Thursday on behalf of New York officials, including Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kathy-hochul\/\">Kathy Hochul <\/a>(D-NY) and state Attorney General Letitia James, urging the court to reject the petition and arguing it is a state matter that should remain with the state courts.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The application should be denied because it asks this Court to intrude on questions of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yes-biden-is-hiding-his-plan-to-rig-the-2022-midterm-elections\/\" title=\"Yes, Biden Is Hiding His Plan To Rig The 2022 ...\">state election administration<\/a> in the context of state court litigation that involves a careful balancing of interests that is the prerogative of the State and its courts to conduct,&rdquo; the brief said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Applicants base their purportedly urgent need for a stay on an election-calendar date that is purely a creature of state law,&rdquo; the brief continued. &ldquo;But there is sufficient time for New York&rsquo;s appellate courts to resolve applicants&rsquo; appeals on the merits while addressing any such <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >upcoming state-law election-calendar dates<\/a>. And it is New York courts, not federal courts, that should decide how to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-unanimously-reverses-trumps-disqualification-from-colorado-ballot\/\" title=\"... overturns Trump&#039;s Colorado ballot disqualification\">balance competing interests<\/a> in minimizing disruptions to state-law election-calendar dates and in ensuring that the State&rsquo;s election district map is lawful.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Malliotakis <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4457201\/new-york-republicans-appeal-maps-supreme-court\/\">urged<\/a> the high court to halt the redrawing of the congressional district, saying in her brief that the state court has &ldquo;thrown New York&rsquo;s elections into chaos on the eve of the 2026 Congressional Election,&rdquo; and urged a ruling by Feb. 23 ahead of election deadlines in the state. The petition stated the state court&rsquo;s ruling is a &ldquo;recipe for unconstitutional chaos, with no map in place and uncertainty as to whether nominating petitions can start circulating on February 24, with no end in sight.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4460776\/supreme-court-updates-rules-conflicts-justices\/\">SUPREME COURT UPDATES RULES TO HELP FIND &lsquo;POTENTIAL CONFLICTS FOR THE JUSTICES&rsquo;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court has been asked twice in recent months on its emergency docket to rule on congressional maps for the 2026 elections, including Texas&rsquo;s and California&rsquo;s.<\/p>\n<p>In both cases, the Supreme Court allowed the newly enacted maps to be used for the upcoming midterm elections. The two maps are a part of the wider redistricting war between Democrat-led and GOP-led states, as the majority in the House of Representatives is set to be hotly contested in November.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York officials urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to dismiss a GOP bid to keep the state\u2019s current boundaries for the 2026 11th Congressional District, rather than adopt a court-ordered redraw. Rep. Nicole Malliotakis and other Republicans filed an emergency petition to block the state court\u2019s ruling that the current map dilutes minority voting power and requires a redraw that could favor Democrats in the Staten Island seat now held by Republicans. New York Solicitor General Barbara Underwood, on behalf of Gov. Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James, argued the dispute is a state matter best resolved by state courts and election authorities, not the federal judiciary, noting there is time for appellate review and that state lawmakers should determine how to balance competing interests and ensure a lawful map. Malliotakis asserted the court\u2019s decision destabilizes New York\u2019s 2026 elections and asked for a ruling by February 23 to meet state deadlines, calling the ruling an \u201cunconstitutional\u201d recipe for chaos with no clear map or start date for nominating petitions. The Supreme Court has recently been asked to weigh in on emergency challenges to maps in Texas and California, but has so far allowed those maps to remain in effect for the upcoming elections. This dispute is part of a broader national struggle over redistricting as control of the House remains highly contested<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2571625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26050761869405.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[71552,73126,74154,16985,70735],"class_list":["post-2571624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-congressional-map-2","tag-new-york-2","tag-ny-politics-2","tag-redistricting","tag-supreme-court-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26050761869405.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2571624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2571624"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2571624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2571628,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2571624\/revisions\/2571628"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2571625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2571624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2571624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2571624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}